Bedstead-fastening



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M. P. RALEIGH.

BEDSTEAD FASTENING.

No. 319,317. PatentedJune 2, 1885.

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BEDSTEAD-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,317, dated June 2, 1885.

Application filed May 15, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAURICE F. RALEIGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Evansville, in the county of Vanderburg and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedstead-Fastenings; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in bedstead-fasteners; and it has for its object to provide a fastener which may be used in reverse positions, whereby if one of its members becomes broken it may still be serviceable.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this spccification,and on which similar letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding features, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved bedstead-fastener detached; Fig. 2, a side elevation of a portion of the bed-post and rail, showing myimproved fastener applied thereto Fig. 3, an edge view of a portion of a post, showing the slot for receiving the fastener; Fig. 4., an end view of a rail, showing a modified manner of constructing the slot therein; and Fig. 5, an edge view of a portion of the post, showing a modified manner of forming the slot therein.

The letter 'A designates the body of the fastener proper, the same being preferably constructed of wrought-iron by stamping or otherwise producing the same from a wrought sheet. The lower outer portions of this fastener terminate in depending hooks B, while the inner lower portion terminates in a downwardly-extending shank, B. The metal is cut away between the shank B and the hooks B, so as to form slots 1), the function of which will presently appear. The upper portion of the fastener is preferably of the contour shown in the drawings, and is provided with apertures 0,1ocated substantially as indicated, whereby the device may be firmly connected either with the rail of the bedstead or the (No model.)

post thereof, as will also presently more fully appear.

The letter D designates a bed post of the ordinary construction, save that it is provided with a slot, G, preferably formed by a sawkerf.

Theletter E designates one of the side rails of a bedstead, the end of which is also slotted for the reception of the fastener.

Both the rail and the post are provided with fastening-pins F and F.

In order to connect the fastener with the rail, the same is introduced into the slot formed in the end thereof, and fitted down upon the pin F, the hook B and the shank B embracing the pin. The rail is also provided with an opening coincident to one of the openings 0 in the plate, and a screw, 0, inserted. By this means the plate is held firmly to the rail, and by then inserting the fastenerinto the slot in the post and over the pin F the connection will be completed.

Should either of the hooks B become accidentally broken, the fastener is still of use. Say, for instance, the hook in the post as seen in Fig. 2 should become broken, all that is necessary to do is to disconnect the fastener from the rail and reverse it so as to bring the remaining hook out beyond the rail and ready to be fitted over the pin F in the'post. This being done, the strain upon the rail is sus tained by the screw, (which may be of sufficient size to withstand such strain,) while the remaining hook B and the pins F sustain the fastener within the post. In this instance the lower corner of the shank B is found to abut against the slot G in the post, which. prevents the fastener from turning on the screw 0 and pin F and loosing its position in the post. Thus it appears that on either of the hooks becoming broken the fastener is still capable of answering its purpose and of obviating the necessity of procuring a new fastener.

Instead of forming slots in the rail and post, they may be recessed, as shown in Fig. 5, and a separate plate, G, fitted to the recess.

I desire to observe that I am aware that it is not broadly new to construct a bedsteadfastener with hooks to engage pins secured to the rail and post, respectively, but insuch instance the hooks do not'extend' in a downward direction from both sides of the plate, nor is there a projecting shank between such hooks.

I am also aware that a bedstead-fastening has been made consisting, essentially, of a metal plate having a projecting hub adapted to fit into an opening in the end of the rails of the bedstead.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. As a new article of manufacture, a bed-- stead-fastener consisting of a plate having depending hooks extending one from. each side thereof, and a shank extending from between said hooks, and provided with apertures to receive fastening devices. 7

2. In a bedstead-fastener, the combination, with the rail and the post slotted substantially as described, and provided each with a fastening-pin, of the fastening-plate adapted to fit within said slots and provided with depending hooks, one from each side, which fit over said pins, a shank extending from between said hooks, and with apertures and a fastening device.

In testimony whereof I a'iiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' MAURIOE F. RALEIGH. Witnesses:

SEBASTIAN I-IEURI H, ADAM HAHN. 

